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I'm a luxury family photographer serving families who desire a stress-free & joyful photoshoot by providing an experience that allows my clients to enjoy each special season & receive jaw-dropping, joy-filled photos they'll pass down for generations to come.

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Welcome to The Caitlin & Luke Blog! Feel free to browse the blog's to view educational posts, lovely weddings, sweet families, and personal posts dating all the way back to 2011. Xoxo! 

When you’re with loved ones, camera ready, imagine a grandparent laughing so much at a grandchild’s joke that tears well up. In that quick second, you capture not only their expression, but the pure happiness glowing between them. That’s the wonderful thing about candid portrait photography, freezing true happenings that show who people truly are! […]

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July 25, 2025

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Taking that leap from natural light photography to off-camera flash can feel like a big step, but you’re already closer than you think! Every time you’ve wanted more control over light or dreamed of creating those lovely, deep portraits you see, that’s what off-camera flash helps you with. The photography community has fully embraced this […]

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July 20, 2025

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In a world filled with vibrant colors and super clear images, black and white photography stands out! It is such a timeless nod to the wonderful power of simplicity. When you gently remove those colors, what is left is the true spirit of your subject, raw feelings, striking contrasts, and heartwarming stories that might otherwise […]

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July 12, 2025

Can you even?! Oh my goodness, are these two just about as sweet as it gets! Ahh! This past Thursday evening, we had the absolute pleasure of getting to meet our wonderful new friends Lindsay and Nick in person for the first time! We had the opportunity to FaceTime with these two a few months […]

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October 2, 2017

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You guys!! We are So excited to get to share some super fun news with y’all today! Earlier this week, we got the incredibly exciting news that our romantic succulent-inspired styled shoot from back in August was featured over on the Cake & Lace Blog! Ahh! How fun is that?! We spent months and months […]

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September 22, 2017

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If we haven’t made it clear enough already, we REALLY love our couples. It’s just a fact! Never in our wildest dreams did we expect that we’d get to work with so many couples that we actually love being friends with, but here we are, and it is truly the best! I posted about this […]

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September 15, 2017

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If you guys only knew how long this engagement shoot has been in the works… oh my goodness! We are SO excited that we finally got to meet our sweet friends Taylor and Jessica just outside of Bloomington at Comlara Park, on Thursday of last week. Back in February, we got the sweetest inquiry from […]

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September 11, 2017

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Apparently, we blinked and it became September!! Who else can relate to us and feels the exact same way?! Oh my goodness gracious! We’ve been so looking forward to September around here for a lot of reasons – pumpkin spice lattes might be one of them 😉 – and one of those reasons was that […]

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September 5, 2017

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Happy Tuesday friends!! We are so incredibly excited to be sharing this beautiful wedding on the blog today… ah! Several months ago, The sweetest bride-to-be contacted us about their August wedding, and we instantly connected SO well. Just the way Devyn described her and her fiancé Phillip’s relationship and their love for their adorable little […]

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August 29, 2017

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